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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
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1030
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus
This document created an outline for singing because it used a four line staff and incorporated sight singing syllables. This was the first document that utilized these kinds of techniques. -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
The birth and death dates of Hildegard. She was born into nobility, but promised to the church at a young age.
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1323
Ars Nova Treatise
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Period: 1450 to
Renaissance Period
This period was a rebirth or rediscovery of ancient Greek culture through arts and culture. -
1485
Josquin’s Ave Maria ... virgo serena Motet
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1529
Martin Luther Chorale Ein feste burg (A Mighty Fortress..)
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1538
Arcadelt Madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno
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1567
Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass
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Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium
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Gabrieli Sonata pian’e forte
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Baroque Time Period
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Monteverdi's L’Orfeo
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First Public Concerts in England
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J.S. Bach's birth and death
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Antonio Vivaldi's L’Estro Armonico publication date
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Rameau's Traité de l’harmonie publication date
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Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier volume 1 publication date
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Pre-Classical Time Period
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Franz Joseph Haydn's birth and death
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Handel's Messiah
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W.A. Mozart's birth and death
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Viennese Classical Period
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Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs
He was a master swordsman who was also one of France’s best composers, conductors, and violinists. US President John Adams called him “the most accomplished man in Europe.” This was notable for the time because he was a black man. -
Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" London Premiere date
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Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor Premiere Date
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Schubert Erlkönig Composition Date
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Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia Premiere Date
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Nicolo Paganini 24 Caprices for Violin, Op.1 Complete First Publication
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Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Composition Date
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Frederic Chopin Mazurkas Op.7 Composition Date Range
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Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Das Jahr Composition Date
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk Souvenir de Porto Rico
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Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Original Piano Version
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Bizet Carmen Premiere Date
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Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen Premiere of Complete Cycle
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Brahms' Symphony No.4 Premiere
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Mahler Symphony No.1 Premiere
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Claude Debussy “Voiles” from Préludes Book 1
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Arnold Schönberg Pierrot Lunaire
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Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (premiere)
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Manuel de Falla Homenaje (Homage)
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George and Ira Gershwin “I Got Rhythm”
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Margaret Bonds “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
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Dimitri Shostakovich Symphony No.5 premiere
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Duke Ellington Cottontail
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Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
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John Cage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
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Miles Davis Kind of Blue
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George Crumb Ancient Voices of Children
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John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine